Mission Updates & Bible Study

  • The Red Light District: Osaka

    Walking around the Red Light District in Osaka was truly an experience like no other. It was difficult, shocking and terrifying all at the same time. I got a firsthand experience of what it’s really like for the women trapped in sex-slavery here. From the outside it looked like any normal street. However, upon closer

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  • Street Ministry & The Homeless Shelter

    Hello Everyone! Pastor Yasutaka-san took me around Nishinari-ku to witness and pray for the homeless today. As we walked around, we spent time conversing about churches in Japan and the ways that ministries are established. Pastor Yasutaka-San took me to the heart of the homeless area and showed me some local churches and different types

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  • Street Ministry & Serving with KBI (Kansai Bible Institute)

    Hello everyone! I am still in Japan and doing the work of the Lord! There are so many things that happen each day, along with so many encounters, events and opportunities to share the gospel! I realized that there is no way I will be able to blog about every good thing that happens! This

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  • Osaka Ministry Update: 2 weeks in, 2 weeks to go

    Hello everyone! Thanks so much for keeping up with what God is doing in Osaka and the neighboring places of Nara and Kobe! I’d like to give you a “mid-term” update of what I’ve been doing and how God has been moving in Japan! This mission trip is now halfway through. 2 more weeks left!

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  • Personal Update: How I’m Doing – Day 6

    Hello everyone! Thank you so much for keeping up with God’s mission in Japan and all of your fervent and effectual prayers! I want to take this time to check in with everyone and let you know how I’ve been doing thus far! My initial thoughts and feelings towards Japan is that it is a

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  • Meet Sueyoshi! – Day 5

    Welcome back to my blog! God has been blessing me with numerous divine appointments (too many to post!) and many of the locals have been open to having conversations with me! It’s been such a blessing to minister to people wherever the Lord puts me. Whether at a vending machine, at a train station or

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  • Hope Chapel Church/Visiting the Homeless – Day 4

    Welcome back to my blog! It’s Day 4 in Japan! Today was my first Sunday in Japan! I was so blessed to spent it with my new brothers and sisters in Christ, as I had my first church experience at Hope Chapel in Nara! I had the absolute privilege of meeting Pastor Yasutaka Yoshida, his

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  • The Phone Call that Changed Everything! – Day 3 in Japan

    Hello everyone! Day 3 in Japan has commenced! I spent the better half of day 3 actually locating all of the necessary “daily-living” places I’ll need to go to while I’m here such as; the best grocery stores, laundry mats, pharmacies, the local police station, etc. In addition to acclimating to the area and attempting

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  • Meet Yoshiki! – Day 2!

    It’s Day 2 of my time here in Osaka! I was able to hand out some origami tracks today! I met many people and was also able to converse with one person at length. Enter: Yoshiki-san! I met a Kyoto-born man living in Osaka named Yoshiki! Yoshiki was very surprised as I handed him the

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  • First Day in Japan! 🇯🇵

    Hello everyone! Today is my first day in Japan! I’ve arrived safely and have been acclimating easily to the new time zone! Thank you so much for your continued prayers! Today, I started venturing out into Osaka. As I walked the busy streets, I was talking to God and assessing the needs of the community.

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  • I’ve Arrived to Japan Safely!

    Hello everyone! I’m in Japan now! 🇯🇵 After one car ride, a train, a bus, a shuttle bus, two planes and a subway ride later- I’ve made it! It took two days of travel for me to arrive and through it all, God supernaturally provided every single step of the way. Here’s how: 1. I

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  • Leaving Tomorrow for Japan!

    Hey everyone! Tomorrow is the day that I will begin the journey to Japan! It’s quite the trek from Northern California to Japan and actually requires me to take a train, a bus, a cab, a subway and three planes! Then I will have made it! Lord willing, I will be arriving in Osaka, Japan

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  • Only 5 days left until Japan & Evangelism Tools Progress!

    Hello to all! After 9 months of preparation for this mission trip to Japan, the time is quickly approaching where I will be ready to take off! The main goal of this mission trip is to share the gospel with the lost and to help all people (regardless of age or social status) have an

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  • Fasting unto the Lord: Is it Important?

    Good afternoon! I hope your week has been fun and exciting! Isn’t it exciting to serve God? What a privilege it is to know God and to be loved by Him! 🙂 I’m continually amazed at His unfailing goodness towards us. Today, I want to venture into some largely unknown territory known as the topic

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  • Help Feed Osaka’s Hungry FUNDRAISER RESULTS!

    Hello everyone! I want to give an update of how much money was raised for food for the homeless and hungry day laborers in Osaka, Japan! Let me just say; Thank you so much to everyone who gave a love offering for the homeless population of men and women in the Nishinari Ward, Osaka! This

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